Shouldn't it be called a "saddle post?"

[Schmed]

(It's Friday afternoon, so time for some levity).

It's not a seat, right? It's a SADDLE. So, why is it called a seat post?

[witcombusa]

I remember when they were Seat Pins...:cool:

[Louis]

And we park in the driveway and drive on the parkway...

[Mark McM]

Lots of odd (or just plain wrong) terminology is used in cycling. Examples include:

"Crank arm" is redundant. A crank is a type of arm, so saying crank is sufficient.

"Cog teeth" is also redundant. A cog is a tooth. The plate with teeth on the periphery is not cog, but instead should by called either a cogwheel or a sprocket.

"Fork rake" for fork offset is erroneous. Rake is a forward projecting angle, not an offset. If any thing, the head angle is the fork rake.


I could go on and on ...

[Mark McM]

And we park in the driveway and drive on the parkway...

And why are they called "apart-ments", if they're all stuck together?

[Jason E]

I remember when they were Seat Pins...:cool:


I still refer to it as a pin in casual conversation to be a jerk and see who will call me on it. Same with front and rear mech.

[Stephen2014]

....and seat pillars.

[Schmed]

I'm now calling these things 'saddle stays'

http://www.smartcycles.com/images/fastback-s.jpg

[merlinmurph]

Try explaining clipless pedals to a non-cyclist.
Especially when you explain how you clip into them.....

[pinkshogun]

seat pole

[Fishbike]

Try explaining clipless pedals to a non-cyclist.
Especially when you explain how you clip into them.....

that's the first thing I thought of. Great minds think alike on rainy days in MetroWest.

[OtayBW]

(It's Friday afternoon, so time for some levity).

It's not a seat, right? It's a SADDLE. So, why is it called a seat post?
You're absolutely right. Which committee is responsible for getting this changed? We need a task group! :eek:

[thirdgenbird]

A saddle is a type of seat so I am completely ok with it. Sorta like how my forks go in the silverware drawer.

[bontie]

Isnt it you sit in a seat (think car, theatre, cinema) and on a saddle, i.e on horseback, bicycle, motorcycle.

Saddlepost sound wrong though...


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[thirdgenbird]

Isnt it you sit in a seat (think car, theatre, cinema) and on a saddle, i.e on horseback, bicycle, motorcycle.

Saddlepost sound wrong though...


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The phrase "in the saddle" is common with horses and you sit on a bench or stool but I would still consider that a seat.

[victoryfactory]

You're absolutely right. Which committee is responsible for getting this changed? We need a task group! :eek:

Not so fast!
First we need to appoint a blue ribbon panel to look into a feasibility
study.

[victoryfactory]

Isnt it you sit in a seat (think car, theatre, cinema) and on a saddle, i.e on horseback, bicycle, motorcycle.



Yep. if you are riding something, it's a saddle. Not a seat.
saddle tube
saddle stays
saddle post
saddle post clamp

Stop the madness!

It's a saddle post people!

However.... if you choose to ride with no saddle, you can still sit on
your seatpost. ouch.

[bontie]

The phrase "in the saddle" is common with horses and you sit on a bench or stool but I would still consider that a seat.


And there I was thinking french had exceptions to every rule of grammar/spelling and pronunciation...I still prefer saddle and seatpost either way.


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[rustychisel]

Oh dear.

The rump seem to wish to agree with you, but I'd rail against that. I think mixed terms are a little on the nose since they tend to clamp individuality and setback our cause as cyclists.

And I'll Brooks no further discussion.

[Saint Vitus]

You guys are screwing up an age old tradition. These terms are there to quickly separate the newbs from the vets and to be used as a topic of hazing and derision...

[Scooper]

It's all about economizing the number of syllables to describe the object. The term "seatpost" has two syllables, but "saddle pillar" as in this 1899 illustration has four syllables to say the same thing.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/k4drd/Bicycles/TheModernSafetyBicycle-1899pg10_zpsc6a86cee.jpg

[oldpotatoe]

And we park in the driveway and drive on the parkway...

One 'pair' of pants

[Mark McM]

Try explaining clipless pedals to a non-cyclist.
Especially when you explain how you clip into them.....

You don't "clip in". You click in. The phrase "clip in" is a bastardization.

Speaking of clipless pedals, how come so many bike components are named after what they aren't? For example:

Tubeless tires
Threadless headsets
Wireless computers
Bushingless chains
Cotterless cranks

I even had Suntour shifters which attached with an endless clamp!

[Kirk Pacenti]

You don't "clip in". You click in. The phrase "clip in" is a bastardization.

Speaking of clipless pedals, how come so many bike components are named after what they aren't? For example:

Tubeless tires
Threadless headsets
Wireless computers
Bushingless chains
Cotterless cranks

I even had Suntour shifters which attached with an endless clamp!

non-fiction vs. fiction has always irked me.

shouldn't the nomenclature be something more akin to reality and non-reality?

[67-59]

Gotta love a thread that's stiff, yet compliant.

[TheseGoTo11]

ha ha!